Jul-25-03
 | | AgentRgent: A.J. Goldsby offers some insight on this fabulous game.. http://www.angelfire.com/games3/AJs... |
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Apr-28-04
 | | LIFE Master AJ: This is a VERY famous game. The "dance of the horsemen" is fun to watch. |
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| Nov-16-04 | | kostich in time: In the Golden Treasury of Chess-the first, best edition-Frank Wellmuth called this game an "Indian War Dance" |
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| Nov-16-04 | | SBC: Isn't there a Marshall-Burn game caled the "Pipe Game"? |
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Nov-16-04
 | | tamar: Yes and the notes are attached to the game
at Marshall vs Burn, 1900Now if you had a membership, you could have found that with the kibitzing search :-) |
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| Nov-16-04 | | SBC: <tamar>
<Yes and the notes are attached to the game at Marshall vs Burn, 1900>that's the game alright. Thanks!
<Now if you had a membership, you could have found that with the kibitzing search :-)> With friends like you looking out for vagabonds like me, why do I need a membership? |
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| Nov-16-04 | | DanielBryant: Because you get an avatar. |
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| Nov-17-04 | | SBC: <DanielBryant>
no comment |
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| Jan-13-08 | | Amarande: I see 12 ... e5 was played to cover 13 Nh4+ Kf6 14 Nh7+ Ke6 15 d5#, and if 14 ... Ke6 instead of the game move, then 15 d5+ Ke7 16 Nf5#. But what happens after 12 ... e6! instead of e5? 13 Nh4+ Kf6 14 Nh7+ Ke7 and there does not seem to be a good continuation to the attack, since f6 is covered too well for 15 Bg5+ to be profitable. Nor does 14 Ne4+ appear to lead to anything, nor 13 Qd3+ f5 14 Nh4+ Kf6 15 Nh7+ Kf7! (Ke7 might lead to some powder with a possible Nxf5+, I suppose) 16 Nxe5 exf5! 17 Qxf5+ Nf6! and now White has no time to take advantage because his Queen is attacked. 18 Ng5+ Kg8 19 Qg6 d5 (preventing a possible e4-e5) 20 Qf7+ (20 Be5 leads to nothing, even simply 20 ... Rxe5 21 dxe5 Ne4 22 Qf7+ Kh8 23 Qxh5+ Kg8 24 Qh7+ Kf8 25 Qg6 Qe7 26 Nh7+ Kg8 and White has nothing) Kh8 and Black is safe and White will lose. A possible continuation is 21 0-0-0 Bf5 22 Rh1 Re7! 23 Be5 Qd7! (better than Rxf7 at once) 24 Rxh5+! Nxh5 25 Qxh5+ Kg8 26 Qh7+ Kf8 27 Bxg7+! Rxg7 28 Qh8+ Rg8! (but not Ke7? 29 Qxe7+ Kd6 30 Nf7+ draw, since Ke6 repeats moves and Kc6 loses to Ne5+) 29 Qf6+ Ke8 30 Qe5+ Kd8 and Black is out of the woods with two Rooks up. |
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| Apr-06-08 | | BabalooMoon: <Amarande>
After 12 ...e6 13 Nh4+ Kf6 there is a pretty little mate in 4 14 Qf3! Ke7 (what else is there?) 15 Bxd6+ Kxd6 16 Nxf7+ Ke7 17 Ng6# Had Burn declined the Bishop sac and played 10 ...Kf8 he would have been fine. |
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Sep-05-08
 | | GrahamClayton: 10...♔f8 might have been a safer option, but apparently Burn had a policy of accepting all sacrifices made by opponent "on principle". Source: Sean Marsh, "World Championship Tournament - Ostende 1907", "CHESS", January 2008 |
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| Jan-02-09 | | WhiteRook48: why not Rd1 instead of 0-0-0? |
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| Jan-18-09 | | WhiteRook48: or maybe it's harder with the king on its starting square. |
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Aug-02-10
 | | Phony Benoni: "Oh, no, I almost forgot to castle!" |
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Apr-22-11
| | Phony Benoni: 
click for larger viewActually, there's a good reason to castle. After 20.Rd1, Black can postpone the threat of 21.f3# with 20...Qh4! That only delays mate for one move, but who knows? Maybe Marshall will get so distracted picking up gold pieces that he'll lose on time. |
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| Jul-21-11 | | 50movesaheadofyou: A happy experience for Marshall. |
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| May-23-15 | | whiteshark: <GrahamClayton: 10...♔f8 might have been a safer option, but apparently Burn had a policy of accepting all sacrifices made by opponent "on principle".> That's a loose translation of what <Dr. T.> has written in the tournament book. He also said that <after 10... Kf8 there's no acceptable continuation for white within sight>. |
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Dec-15-20
 | | Korora: If 20...exf4, 21.♖d4#.
If 20...♕g5, then 21.♕xg5, and the only way to prevent 22.f3# is 21...exf4, 22.♖d4#. After any other option for Burn, 21.f3# is not exactly a losing move. |
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| Mar-12-22 | | Z truth 000000001: Fine, in <The World's Great Chess Games> used the game after 8...Nxh5, introducing it as <The game where Burn never had a chance to light his pipe!> . |
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Kibitzing
sac: 9.Rxh5